TRENDS 2018

Leaning Forward into the Future

The future never waits for anyone or anything. It is eager and enthusiastic, even obsessed, with becoming the present. The future is an express train through history ndash; and we rsquo;re all on board. The future never waits for anyone or anything. It is eager and enthusiastic, even obsessed, with becoming the present. The future is an express train through history ndash; and we rsquo;re all on board.

Many of us, especially if you rsquo;re enjoying the second half of your life, have experienced enough of the future for multiple lifetimes.

• During an approximately 60-year period, space travel has progressed from the very few with ldquo;the right stuff rdquo; to the dawn of private trips.
• Millions of people still working today started their careers with a typewriter and a library card for research. Many of them, and certainly their younger colleagues, use one or more computers throughout the day (one of which they carry in their pocket) and have access to the largest repository of knowledge and information ever.
• You have the choice of never pushing a grocery cart again ndash; and virtually any of the consumer products (and many services) you need can be delivered to your front door, and within 48 hours.
• You will soon be traveling the roadways of America with your hands off the steering wheel ndash; and you may find it more practical and cost-effective not to own a vehicle at all.
• There is a distinct possibility you will be able to work much less and earn the same wages because artificial intelligence, robotics and other advanced technologies will relieve you of the mundane, repetitive tasks ndash; on the job and at home.